For some women writers and photographers during the two world warsEdith Wharton, Mildred Aldrich, Martha Gellhorn, Lee Miller, H.D., and Gertrude Steinthe construction of the female subject as an observer of combat became a vital concern. Their explorations of vision took place against the backdrop of a larger shift in Western culture's understanding of what "seeing" meant in common practice and philosophical discourse alike. The role of visuality in their lives was massively transformed not only by the rigid gender roles of war but by the introduction of new combat practices and...
For some women writers and photographers during the two world warsEdith Wharton, Mildred Aldrich, Martha Gellhorn, Lee Miller, H.D., and Gertrude S...
Gallagher's second book of poems, Stubborn, follows quickly after publication of her first book, This Minute (Fordham), which received the Poets Out Loud Prize. Stubborn won the ninth annual FIELD Poetry Prize. "Readers will not want to put down this book once they have started to encounter it. It shines with power and crackles with excitement." (David Young)
Gallagher's second book of poems, Stubborn, follows quickly after publication of her first book, This Minute (Fordham), which received the Poets Out L...